The measure of a man is
what he does with power.
Plato
The ultimate measure of a man is not
where he stands in moment of comfort
and convenience, but where he stands
at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The human being cannot live in a condition
of emptiness for very long: if he is not growing
toward something, he does not merely stagnate;
the pent-up potentialities turn into morbidity
and despair, and eventually into
destructive activities.
Rollo May
No man is more unhappy than he who never
faces adversity. For he is not permitted
to prove himself.
Seneca
The greatness of a man is not in how much
wealth he acquires, but in his integrity
and his ability to affect those
around him positively.
Bob Marley
A life without self-reflection and exploration
is not one worth living.
Socrates
Only a man who knows what it is like to be
defeated can reach down to the bottom of
his soul and come up with the extra
ounce of power it takes to win
when the match is even.
Muhammad Ali
The obedient always thinks of themselves
as virtuous rather than cowardly.
George Carlin
The key to happiness doesn't lay in numbers in a
bank account but in the way we make others feel
and the way they make us feel.
Joe Rogan
The true worth of a man is to be
measured by the objects he pursues.
Marcus Aurelius
The only source of knowledge is experience.
Albert Einstein
Excellence in anything increases
your potential in everything.
Joe Rogan
You are in danger of living a life so comfortable
and soft, that you will die without ever
realizing your true potential.
David Goggins
Pursue what's in your heart, and
the universe will conspire to support you.
Rich Roll
We can judge the heart of a man
by his treatment of animals.
Immanuel Kant
In compassion lies the world's true strength.
Buddha
We should be measured by how we treat
the most vulnerable and powerless
in our society.
Cory Booker
Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead
where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
My way of joking is to tell the truth.
It's the funniest joke in the world.
George Bernard Shaw
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that
in the process he does not become a monster.
And if you gaze long enough into an abyss,
the abyss will gaze back into you.
Friedrich Nietzsche
When evil men plot, good men must plan.
When evil men burn and bomb,
good men must build and bind.
When evil men shout ugly words of hatred,
good men must commit themselves
to the glories of love.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Fearful men control, intelligent men analyze,
but wise men listen with intent to understand.
J. Mike Fields
If we have to have a choice between being dead
and pitied, and being alive with a bad image,
we'd rather be alive and have the bad image.
Golda Meir
Intelligence is measured by a person's
ability to see validity within both sides
of contradicting arguments.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Democracy is the worst form of government,
except for all the others.
Winston Churchill
I'm in favor of animal rights as well as human
rights. That is the way of a whole human being.
Abraham Lincoln
Nature, in her indifference, makes no
distinction between good and evil.
Anatole France
Chaos was the law of nature;
order was the dream of man.
Henry Adams
If you are not liberal when you are young,
you have no heart,
and if you are not conservative when old,
you have no brain.
Winston Churchill
Competition is the law of the jungle,
but cooperation is the law of civilization.
Peter Kropotkin
When bad men combine, the good must
associate; else they will fall one by one.
Edmund Burke
If we are not prepared to defend a tolerant
society, then the tolerant will be destroyed,
and tolerance with them. We should
therefore claim, in the name of tolerance,
the right not to tolerate the intolerant.
Karl Popper
